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4:02Now PlayingRepublicans in the House continued their closed-door meetings with so-called witnesses to Joe and Hunter Biden's alleged corruption this week, and things couldn't have gone worse for them. On Tuesday, a man that Republicans had hyped as a "whistleblower" actually debunked all of their claims about President Biden, once again showing that Republicans have absolutely nothing to go on in this investigation - even from their own witnesses! Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what's happening.
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Things continue to get worse for Republicans on the House Oversight Committee as the witnesses that they're bringing in their So-called whistleblower has once again refuted everything they have alleged that President Biden has done. That deserves impeachment. And of course, as per usual, these meetings are taking place behind closed doors. So the public doesn't actually get to see it. We just have to wait for them to release, you know, portions of transcripts that come out from those meetings when they choose to do that. Well, they held another meeting this week with a man that they had been hyping as a whistleblower. This guy, uh, Eric Schwerin, had not only been a business associate of Hunter Biden, but also served as a financial advisor for President Biden before he became the president. So this guy has seen the Biden family finances. He knows the ins and out.
He was given President advice. He was given Hunter Biden advice. He was the Republican's whistleblower. According to the Republicans, this is the guy that's gonna blow the case open. So what did he tell them after looking at years and working four years for the Biden family? He said this, based on that insight, I'm not aware of any financial transactions or compensation that Vice President Biden received related to businesses, uh, business conducted by any of his family members or their associates, nor any involvement by him in their businesses. And my discussions with the vice president concerning his personal finances, he was always crystal clear that he wanted to take the most transparent and ethical approach consistent with both the spirit and the letter of the law. Given my awareness of his finances and the explicit directions he gave to his financial advisors, the allegation that he would engage in any improper conduct to benefit himself or his family is preposterous to me.
This guy, again, Eric s Sheeran, was the Republican's witness. Okay? This isn't somebody the Democrats brought in. This wasn't somebody who showed up there to exonerate President Biden. He was somebody that was forced to come in by the Republicans because he was a whistleblower. They called him that was about to give us all the goods on Biden. And what did he just say in that last statement? I read the idea that this man would do anything illegal is preposterous to me. And I would know, 'cause I worked on his finances. I mean, what are the years here that this man was, was employed from 2009 to 2017? So for even longer than the period that Republicans are investigating, this guy was a financial advisor to Joe Biden while he was both vice president for the entire term. And while he was a private citizen up
Until he was sworn in as president of the United States. And he, the Republican's own witness, own whistleblower blows up, debunks all of their talking points. So does that mean this is over the impeachment inquiry can finally go away and we can stop wasting time on it? Oh God, no. They'll keep at it. They'll pretend that Mr. Schwean said what he didn't say, just like they've done with all the other witnesses. But at this point, every witness they have brought in, every one of 'em has refuted everything they've said. Not one of them have have provided a shred of evidence of any criminal wrongdoing on behalf of President Biden. But this charade is going to continue because that's just how stupid these Republicans in Congress are.
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